---
title: "Average Salary in Virginia"
description: "Mean $74,040, median $55,690 in Virginia (BLS OEWS May 2025), with prices, pay by field and top jobs."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/average-salary/virginia"
last-updated: "2026-10-15T08:19:32.066Z"
---

# Average salary in Virginia

Mean annual wage $74,040, median $55,690 (US: $69,770 / $50,980), BLS OEWS May 2025. Median at national-average prices: $55,080 (rank 15 of 51 by that measure; rank 17 nominal).

| Percentile | Virginia | US |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,530 | $31,200 |
| 25th | $37,720 | $37,590 |
| 50th | $55,690 | $50,980 |
| 75th | $89,420 | $80,520 |
| 90th | $139,010 | $128,560 |

## Price levels (BEA Regional Price Parities, US = 100)

| Category | Index |
| --- | --- |
| All items | 101.1 |
| Housing (rents) | 106.8 |
| Goods | 100.4 |
| Utilities | 92.2 |
| Other services | 100.2 |

## By occupation group

| Group | Median | Workers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Management | $141,720 | 266,570 |
| Computer and Mathematical | $128,700 | 248,190 |
| Legal | $110,300 | 36,930 |
| Architecture and Engineering | $100,380 | 76,470 |
| Business and Financial Operations | $95,010 | 387,820 |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technical | $87,270 | 230,590 |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | $85,670 | 43,270 |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | $62,540 | 52,910 |
| Educational Instruction and Library | $61,100 | 252,970 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | $59,820 | 155,070 |
| Community and Social Service | $59,470 | 67,270 |
| Construction and Extraction | $56,460 | 176,990 |
| Protective Service | $51,120 | 114,200 |
| Office and Administrative Support | $47,180 | 426,040 |
| Production | $46,750 | 163,860 |
| Transportation and Material Moving | $44,270 | 325,070 |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | $41,000 | 4,800 |
| Healthcare Support | $37,610 | 162,910 |
| Sales | $37,420 | 355,320 |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | $36,010 | 128,150 |
| Personal Care and Service | $35,710 | 94,200 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | $35,110 | 339,730 |

## Most common jobs

- [Fast Food and Counter Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fast-food-and-counter-worker): 104,460 workers
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager): 103,590 workers
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson): 100,290 workers
- [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer): 88,280 workers
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier): 83,890 workers
- [Registered Nurse](https://nuecareer.com/careers/registered-nurse): 77,490 workers
- [Stocker and Order Filler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler): 69,660 workers
- [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general): 66,550 workers
- [Janitor and Cleaner, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners](https://nuecareer.com/careers/janitor-and-cleaner): 65,970 workers
- [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative): 59,850 workers

## Highest-paying jobs (500+ workers)

- [Cardiologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cardiologist): $461,450 median
- [Chief Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-executive): $310,740 median
- [Allergist and Immunologist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/allergist-and-immunologist): $278,530 median
- [Nurse Anesthetist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-anesthetist): $252,110 median
- [Family Medicine Physician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/family-medicine-physician): $222,630 median
- [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager): $201,490 median
- [Dentist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dentist): $197,110 median
- [Pediatrician, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pediatrician-general): $195,940 median
- [Air Traffic Controller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/air-traffic-controller): $191,820 median
- [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager): $191,130 median

## Most over-represented jobs (location quotient)

- [Layout Worker, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/layout-worker-metal-and-plastic): 6.83x the national share
- [Ship Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ship-engineer): 6.53x the national share
- [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst): 3.80x the national share
- [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist): 3.65x the national share
- [Sailor and Marine Oiler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sailor-and-marine-oiler): 3.54x the national share
- [Transportation Planner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-planner): 3.45x the national share
- [Rigger](https://nuecareer.com/careers/rigger): 3.22x the national share
- [Database Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-administrator): 3.21x the national share
- [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect): 2.96x the national share
- [Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setter, Operator, and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/textile-winding-twisting-and-drawing-out-machine-setter-operator-and-tender): 2.63x the national share

---

This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology